Art Histories #2

Bookwork2008

STEP, Crowd6, Birmingham. 15-21 February 2008

To mark the closing of artist-led gallery Crowd6, a collection of stories was created using a memory from each artist who had exhibited there. The stories were hard bound as a bookwork to create a lasting legacy of the organisation.

"Talking to other artists, linked together through their exhibitions at Crowd6, Griffiths collects memories associated with a defining moment in each of their lives. Through stealing their experiences she invents histories, injecting herself into what was once someone else’s story. Describing this process as “the cuckoo approach to creativity,” she muscles in on established artists territories in a deliberate attempt to steal a bit of their kudos." CHARLIE LEVINE